Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
LIVYLaw is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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